"This collection focuses on new generations of international standards and regulations in the agro-food sector and on issues relating to conformity to them in low-income countries. Its analyses draw of political economy, economics, economic geography and economic sociology"--Provided by publisher

This paper investigates comparative trade advantages in agro-food trade. We analyze comparative advantages of Hungarian, Croatian and Slovenian agro-food trade in the European Union (EU) markets. Both the levels and pattern of the revealed comparative advantage measure are investigated. The...

Standards are replacing tariffs as the main trade barriers facing African agro-food exports. This book examines the challenges and opportunities that new public and private standards present to African countries - focusing on food safety, environmental and climate change, and social and labour...